Tales of the Reincarnated Lord

Chapter 439: Surrender

Even if he promised Count Churchwick himself to carefully consider the request for peace and truce proposed by Grand Duke Handela and others, from the bottom of his heart, the Second Highness was not willing to truce. Misunderstanding is no big deal, the key is that the current battlefield situation is extremely beneficial to you. Everyone knows that the four princes in the central region are on the verge of defeat, and the situation is precarious. As long as they work harder, the second line of defense of the Principality of Handra will be defeated in one blow, and the next one is just a beating.

But the most hateful thing is Lorist's attitude. He does not approve of continuing the offensive at all. He believes that the overall situation is no longer necessary to pursue and fight, and sacrifice the lives of soldiers in vain. Anyway, the four grand princes in the central region have already surrendered, and the demands made are almost the same as surrender. Why bother to kill them all? What's more, now I have given you a step down. This war is just a misunderstanding. Everyone knows if they are rebellious...

Lorester's meaning is to let the Second Highness see you and accept it. Don’t be forgiving. It was originally your fault. The four great princes in the central part have always made friends with the kingdom in the pre-empire era. They are also famous aristocratic families in the pre-empire era and are loyal to The Empire also made a great contribution. How come you have become rebellious? So wipe your **** clean before blaming others...

The Second Highness was so angry with Lorist's yin and yang, but he couldn't do anything to Lorist, whether it was personal strength or family strength, he had nothing to do. In truth, the Norton family made a great contribution to the four principalities in the central part. Whether it was attacking the Duchy of Sabagi or flooding the trench defense positions of the Duchy of Forundo, it was Lorist who played a decisive role.

Moreover, when Grand Duke Fakel burned down towns, food, and supplies, and artificially created a wave of refugees, Lorist solved the dilemma of the Second Highness. Although he did a lot of small actions, he did something about the great cause of the unified empire. Made the greatest contribution. Especially after the capture of the Weilongni Pass at the end of last year, it formed such a favorable war situation for the Second Highness, forcing the four grand princes in the middle to send envoys to seek peace.

Compared with the outstanding performance of the Norton family armed forces, the family armed groups brought by other nobles all came to fight soy sauce. And the White Lion Legion personally commanded by His Royal Highness is more like a coolie, with nearly half damage and few results. The Reserve Corps of the Feisabrun family accompanies the White Lion Corps as cannon fodder, specially giving away heads. Anyway, the dead were all cavalry, and Grand Duke Feisabrun did not feel distressed. The more damage he suffered, the more he showed his loyalty to the Second Highness.

The greatest sorrow of the Second Highness is here. The greater Lorester's achievements in battle, the more the Norton family armed forces will not listen. The four alliances of the Northland are in a fight, but the leader of the Norton family is the leader. Lorist could not be moved, and the family armies of the Duke of Nakenmax, the Earl of Philim and the Earl of Shaheen did not listen to the command of the Second Highness.

No matter how the Second Highness draws up and divides, he is indifferent. Just like the Earl Shahin, the Second Highness let him be responsible for cleaning up the nobles in the territory of the Principality of Volando. This is a fat man. The gratitude of Shahin made him think that he Loyalty, can be used to great effect, perhaps can also use his greedy characteristics to draw him out of the four alliances in the North. But he didn't expect that Earl Shahin would stand on Lorist's side again as soon as he returned to the front line, which made the Second Highness feel very aggrieved. His efforts on Earl Shahin were all wasted.

In nominal terms, the strength of the coalition forces of the Antinac Kingdom is as high as more than 300,000, but the Second Highness is very sober, and he can command the White Lion Army and the Reserve Army of the Fesabrunn family. The White Lion Corps suffered nearly half of the casualties in the fierce battle along the way, and the remaining 30,000 people. Although the Reserve Corps is composed of cavalry, it has suffered nearly 10,000 casualties and is full of complaints and agitation. No one is a fool. In contrast, they are more willing to obey Lorester's orders. Not only do they have fewer casualties but also extra money instead of being like The Second Highness will only let them die.

As for the Third Border Ranger Corps, that was the heart and soul of Grand Duke Fesabrun. The Second Highness knew that he couldn't beat this regiment's idea, and at the same time, he also hoped that this regiment could go back to Lorister completely. Sometimes when the Second Highness calmed down, he asked himself, if there was no help from Lorist, it would be difficult for the expedition of the four central princes to have such a smooth casualty. If the Second Highness commanded the whole process, then he would definitely take a head-to-head approach and attack all the way, maybe one or two principalities had not been destroyed yet.

This is not because the Second Royal Highness thinks that his military strategy is not as smart as Lorist, but from the position of the king to consider the overall situation. From his point of view, the ideal process of attacking the Central Four Principalities is that the family armed forces of the four Northland Alliances and the Legions of the Central Four Principalities fight to the death and lose each other, and finally he comes out to be the oriole, thus destroying the Central Four. The Principality can also cause the strength of the four Northland alliances to be severely damaged, and to eliminate his troubles, this is the best outcome.

At the same time, in order to follow the heart of Grand Duke Fesabrunn, who had set off for the first time, the Second Highness had to place Lorist on the front line and wander around under his nose. Then let him make great achievements. Looking at the casualty ratio, the two heavy armored regiments of the Kenmes family in the four Northland alliances were considered to be the heaviest, with more than 1,300 casualties. The second was Count Shaheen, who was cleaning up the aristocratic territory, and his family had seven or eight hundred armed casualties.

Next came the Pegasus Legion of Earl Felim, who also suffered five to six hundred casualties due to their missions to cover and scout the battlefield. The Feihu Legion suffered the least damage, with more than 400 casualties so far. This casualty is very slight to the four Northland alliances. Compared with nearly half of the damage to the 56,000-strong White Lion Corps, it is more like two slaps in the hands of the Second Highness, and even the army has been rumored. The reputation of the Second Highness the military master is actually a misnomer.

The Second Highness was very helpless. He had no choice but to take Lorester, and the Duke of Kenmez and the others also supported Lorester’s proposition and were unwilling to continue the offensive. Even the Grand Duke Fei Sablon privately told the Second Highness that he should stay on the front line, why bother Do you want to kill the four princes in the middle? Besides, they have already given up.

The Second Highness has a hard time saying, but the plan in his heart cannot be explained to the public. It is not that he is unwilling to let go of the four princes of central China, but that he has taken a fancy to the sites of eleven provinces of the four princes of central China. Although the territory of the Antinac Kingdom is large, except for the provinces surrounding the imperial capital, the rest is not under the control of the Second Highness. You must know that these provinces in Zhoubian, the imperial capital, have long been exhausted by the people he tossed about. From the time when he wanted to dominate the empire and recruited 300,000 troops, he almost ransacked the place, so he returned to the imperial capital. When he came to the throne, he had to use the nobles of the kingdom to operate, even if he was notorious, he had to do so, because he had to obtain property, food, grass, and armaments to prepare for battle.

The wishful thinking of the Second Highness is that after the destruction of the Four Central Duchys, then eleven provinces will return to their own direct jurisdictions, using the original good economic environment and human resources of the Central Four Duchys, as long as one more In three to four years, it is not difficult for oneself to assemble an army of five to six hundred thousand, and then the soldiers will be on the border of the commercial alliance. So even if the business alliance already has a swordsman in the country and has become the largest country in the Gailint subcontinent, it still has to consider whether it is worthwhile to forge the kingdom, a fierce enemy.

His Royal Highness believes that the group of businessmen will understand very sensibly that their requirements are not high. As long as the business alliance returns the imperial provinces that they have occupied, they can get peace. At that time, he who became the emperor of the ZTE Empire would give him kindness. Those merchants have the convenience and privileges of reopening trade routes in the empire. Well, they can also use those merchants to attack the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce in the four alliances in the Northland, killing two birds with one stone...

This is the reason why the Second Highness considered for several days and still refused to agree to Count Churchwick's coming to ask for peace. He would never be willing to let the four central princes reoccupy their traditional family territory provinces, which are basically the most developed areas among the eleven central provinces. Without those four provinces, the magnificent blueprint in the mind of the two majesty It will be fragmented, and the implementation of the plan to revive and unify the empire will be indefinitely.

However, the non-cooperation of the four Northland alliances headed by Lorist and the constant persuasion of Grand Duke Fesabrun finally made the Second His Royal Highness make a decision, summoning the Earl of Churchwick, and asked him to bring the four Grand Duke of the central region. I went to my own reply: The conditions are very simple. He can forgive the four princes in the central region, but the family territories of the four princes need to be transferred to the provinces of the imperial capital.

In addition, the donations of the four grand princes should be doubled. Grand Duke Handra, Grand Duke Frondo and Grand Duke Sabagi each need to contribute 1.5 million golden ford. On the other hand, Grand Duke Fakel had to hand in three million Golden Ford to punish him for the crime of burning down capitals and towns. In the last one, the four grand princes must organize their troops and allow them to take a 45,000-strong legion to the new family territory, and the rest will be handed over to the second highness.

As for those territorial nobles who followed the four great princes and the second highness in the central region as enemies, the second highness will redefine their titles and territories based on their family’s previous contributions to the empire, transfer and reduce their titles, and no longer become four. The vassal lord of the archduke.

To be honest, the reply given by the Second Highness was very harsh, which exceeded everyone's expectations. Churchwick wanted to protest, but the second highness avoided seeing him. Let the guards around you say that this is the final decision and will never be changed. Earl Churchwick could only leave the barracks with hatred to deliver the letter.

The Duke of Kenmes and the others were puzzled and asked privately why the Second Highness Lorist put forward such harsh conditions. Isn't this clearly forcing the four princes in the middle to die? Could it be that the continuation of the war will bring greater benefits to the Second Highness?

Lorist sneered, clicked on the map on the table, and sarcastically said: "Our majesty is interested in the sites of the eleven provinces of the four principalities in the middle. It is very simple. To him, although Kingford is important, But it is not as good as the manpower and resources of these eleven provinces. It is a dream that he wants to unify the empire by relying on the imperial capital to go around several provinces. With the territory of these eleven provinces, he has the confidence to win a victory with the business alliance. Lost."

Everyone was stunned. Lorist warned everyone to strengthen their guard. The four grand princes in the central region are likely to fight to the end after receiving a reply from the Second Highness. If this is the case, first, the war will continue and when it will end no one knows, and there are even The big ones may take some more extreme measures, such as assassination. I hope everyone can protect themselves. But what Lorester hopes more is that the four grand princes in the central region can accept the terms of the second highness...

"What are you talking about? How can they agree to such harsh conditions?" Earl Shahin said that there could be no such good things: "If it were me, I would rather die than agree to such conditions."

Lorist smiled and shook his head: "You don't understand, it's about the inheritance of the family. It's not because of the personal loves and dislikes of the four grand princes. They have to consider carefully. Although the conditions of the second majesty are a bit harsh, it is not impossible. Accept. Although the money is precious, can it be compared to the inheritance of the family? Besides, the Second Highness only asked them to transfer the title, not to reduce the title, they are still the duchy.

Even if the new territories are a little barren, as long as the family continues, the territories will always develop slowly. The most important point is that the Second Highness did not deprive them of their military power. They can each take a legion to the new family territory. Together with the family members of the 45,000-member family armed legion, they will soon be able to master the entire new territory. With family arms and territory, they don't have to worry about the future. "

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On July 6, 1783 of the General Calendar of the Gailint subcontinent, more than a month and nearly fifty days have passed since the return of the Earl of Chugiwick. The Antinac Kingdom's coalition forces are still stationed in the Duchy of Handra. Face off with the enemy before the second line of defense. The Second Highness was still arguing with Lorist, because Lorist insisted not to attack. It is impossible for the Second Highness to command his White Lion Army and the Reserve Corps of the Fesabrunn family to die. Archduke Feysabrunn rushed to each other and said all the good things. He finally calmed down the two and agreed to stand up again. a period of time.

On that night, the second line of defense of the Principality of Handra suddenly slammed into the sky. The Second Highness, Lorist and others were alarmed, and they went to check and found that it was the camp of the Green Forest Mountain Legion and Bloodspear Legion under the command of Grand Duke Faker. This situation is a bit weird, and even the Second Highness is thinking whether this is a trap to lure him into attack.

At this moment, several scouts of the Pegasus Legion brought back the **** Earl Churchwick. He reported to the Second Highness that Grand Duke Handela, Grand Duke Fulundo and Grand Duke Sabaj had agreed to the terms of the Second Highness and were willing to submit to the Second Hall. But Grand Duke Faker clamored to resist to the end and vowed to die. After finally persuading him, he said that he didn't have that much gold for the donation.

While Grand Duke Handra and others were discussing whether to send envoys to ask the Second Highness for a reduction of some donations, Duke Fakr flagrantly ordered the two legions under him to sack the towns and villages of the Duke of Handra and burn them. Looting is all evil. Grand Duke Handela sent someone to stop Grand Duke Faker but said, anyway, you are going to surrender, and this territory will soon be no longer your family territory. Just take advantage of it and leave a blank place for the second highness.

Grand Duke Handela was so angry that he vomited blood, and led troops to fight with Grand Duke Faker. Finally, he suppressed the two armies of Grand Duke Faker back to the defensive position. Here, he persuaded Duke Fowland and Grand Duke Sabaki surrendered to the Second Highness when he was about to besiege Duke Fakel and his two legions. Unexpectedly, there was no troops here yet, and Grand Duke Faker over there was already preparing to break through overnight.

Fortunately, the garrison of the Principality of Handra at the foot of the mountain had long been prepared and did not let Duke Faker break through. But the current situation was disturbed by them. There, Duke Frondo led a legion directly to the camp guarded by the Fakel Principality Legion~www.readwn.com~ The mountain and the mountain became a group, everywhere. Are all fighting. Earl Churchwick finally got out of the chaos and rushed to ask for help...

The Second Royal Highness was overjoyed and urged Archduke Fesabrunn and Lorist, Earl Philim, and Earl Shaheen to lead his family's cavalry to go for reinforcements, so you must not escape the chief culprit of Falker. Lorist was very much under the Second Hall this time, and was immediately ordered to rush over with the Flying Tiger Legion.

The joining of the cavalry became a reminder for the two legions of the Principality of Fakel, like a deadly death, descending. However, it is possible that these two legions did too much evil in the Principality of Handra. The soldiers of the two legions of the surrendered Fakel Principality were gathered and were massacred by the garrison of the Principality of Handra that hated them. After Lorester discovered it, he could not stop it. Nearly 30,000 prisoners were slaughtered, and the number of Faker soldiers who survived was less than 10,000...

The battle between Grand Duke Handela and Grand Duke Faker meant that the Second His Royal Highness's conquest of the four principalities in central China ended. Grand Duke Handela and Frondo, Grand Duke Sabagi surrendered to the Second Highness, but Grand Duke Faker led nearly a hundred horses to rush out of the garrison of the Principality of Handera, turning to Magik Province. He became a business alliance and became an exile archduke in the name of asylum.

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